Demonstration at Electric Boat

Groton, CT, October 27, 2011 - A team of twelve toastmasters presented a demonstration meeting to a group of 50-60 Electric Boat employees. Electric Boat, which is a division of General Dynamics, employs 15,000 in Groton, New London and Norwich. Other Electric Boat offices are located in Washington DC, Hawaii and Massachusetts. Established in 1899, EB has established standards of excellence in the design, construction and lifecycle support of submarines for the United States Navy. Adam Bull, an EB employee, joined Groton Toastmasters in January of this year. He worked with Bette McIntire and Beth Peterson to schedule the demonstration meeting. The Electric Boat Management Association has agreed to reimburse members dues, pay for the club charter and to purchase branded items such as the club banner, lectern and stopwatch.

The demonstration meeting included prepared speeches, table topics speeches and evaluations. Team members explained their roles, describing what they did and why they did it. The team members were:

       Adam Bull

 Julie Joshi

Beth Peterson

            Eva Menon

 Sharon Mercado

Rick Guenard

          Lois Palmer-Anderson

 Ed Watkins

Darrell Fox

        Clyda Dinicola

 Dongyang He

Sharon Roth

The first weekly club meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 15^th. Beth Peterson and Darrell Fox have signed up to mentor the new club.